Post by Rudi on Feb 9, 2011 12:31:46 GMT -8
Dear breeders.
My name is Rudi and my special interests are breeding Sphingidae´s from all over the world.
I had some good experiences the last years in breeding asian and north american specis.
But I had much problems with breeding Eumorpha´s.
In 2010 in spring I had some pupae of Eumorpha pandorus from USA, but I had no luck with mating them.
In August I traveled with two colleagues to Mexico. We found some females of many different specis, Eumorpha specis also.
Only from Eumorpha satellita I got any eggs in our flyingcages.
From Eum. typhon, anchemolus, triangulum and labruscae I don´t got any eggs. But the females of these specis were full of eggs, but don´t deposited any egg.
From the eggs I got from satellita I got about 100 pupae. With 20 imagos, which are hatched out at the end of september, I tried a rebreeding, but they don´t mating. And the females were completely hollow, without any eggs. I controled about 10 females and there were no egg.
Now my question is, if the genus of Eumorpha is a special problematic genus?
Have anybody of you good experience with breeding them? Could tell me somebody how to get matings and so on?
It would be very helpfull, if somebody could answer me, if it is a generally problem with Eumorpha specis, or maybe it is a problem, only I have with this so interesting genus.
Best regards and thanks a lot for your help in advance.
Rudi
Germany
PS: I sorry for my bad spoken english.
My name is Rudi and my special interests are breeding Sphingidae´s from all over the world.
I had some good experiences the last years in breeding asian and north american specis.
But I had much problems with breeding Eumorpha´s.
In 2010 in spring I had some pupae of Eumorpha pandorus from USA, but I had no luck with mating them.
In August I traveled with two colleagues to Mexico. We found some females of many different specis, Eumorpha specis also.
Only from Eumorpha satellita I got any eggs in our flyingcages.
From Eum. typhon, anchemolus, triangulum and labruscae I don´t got any eggs. But the females of these specis were full of eggs, but don´t deposited any egg.
From the eggs I got from satellita I got about 100 pupae. With 20 imagos, which are hatched out at the end of september, I tried a rebreeding, but they don´t mating. And the females were completely hollow, without any eggs. I controled about 10 females and there were no egg.
Now my question is, if the genus of Eumorpha is a special problematic genus?
Have anybody of you good experience with breeding them? Could tell me somebody how to get matings and so on?
It would be very helpfull, if somebody could answer me, if it is a generally problem with Eumorpha specis, or maybe it is a problem, only I have with this so interesting genus.
Best regards and thanks a lot for your help in advance.
Rudi
Germany
PS: I sorry for my bad spoken english.
